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If you don't have anything nice to say..don't say anything at all.

I have nothing to say.

They have dolls that are supposed to look like 5-7 year olds..

http://www.ebay.ca/sch/items/?_nkw=Reborn+Baby&_sacat=&_ex_kw=cheap&_mPrRngCbx=1&_udlo=&_udhi=&_sop=16&clk_rvr_id=458774420118

it gives me the heebie jeebies.

No no no no no. I find this to be very creepy.

It makes me very uncomfortable. And I actually think creating a bond to a fake baby would be an unhealthy way to deal with the loss of a child or infertility. But I have never been in their shoes so it's not for me to judge.

@pui: I completely agree!! The first time I came across reborn dolls was on a forum for grieving mothers. Personally it just doesn't make sense to me, but I've never been in that situation, so to them it might.

The dolls don't bother me, but the photographer's "study" discussed in that article bothers me a lot. She's basically exposing unsuspecting strangers to a very raw and emotional experience without their permission and then tries to write it off like there's some kind of value beyond shocking and disturbing people. That bothers me a lot more than the Reborn culture.

Soooo....

This past Christmas, my grandmother (who is getting older and starting to pass down family items) gave me a gift. She had 6 sons. She always wanted a daughter. Her first grandchild was another boy, but the second grandchild (me) was a girl. I have always been a bit special to her because of this.

So, this past Christmas, my grandmother gives me a box and starts to cry. She tells me that this was a gift from her brother (they were very close and he has since passed) and she wants me to have it. I open the box and it is an infant baby girl doll. She tells me that this was her "pretend daughter" that she used to dress up and keep neat and tidy (never letting her sons play with her). My grandmother spent her life on her boys, and hardly has anything nice/special for herself except this doll.

Now the doll is no where NEAR lifelike of these dolls, but it is a very nice expensive doll especially for the day in age that it was made (probably 40 years ago). As I mentioned, my grandmother treated this doll like a daughter in some sense. I am not sure yet what I will do with the doll, but I obviously will always treasure and hold onto it.

i find it creepy and wonder why anyone would want to have a "baby" that appears to always be in the midst of a crying fit

I shouldn't have clicked on the link :T